Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Melanesia
Melanesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.14 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Melanesia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per capita in Melanesia is 0.14 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 26.3% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Melanesia peaked at 0.36 kg/cap in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.11 kg/cap, in 2001.
Melanesia ranks 28th of 42 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.22 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 0.36 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.128 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.167 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.176 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.8 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 6,033 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 6,096 t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 3.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 21,133 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Melanesia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Melanesia was 0.14 kg/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.36 kg/cap in 1991.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.11 kg/cap in 2001.
- How does Melanesia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Melanesia ranks 28th out of 42 regions with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Melanesia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Use per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).